Cameron Peak Fire Reforestation Project Description The Cameron Peak Fire (CPF) burned 208,913 acres across the Big Thompson, Cache la Poudre, and Laramie River Valley, making it the largest fire in Colorado’s recorded history. Fifty-two percent of the burn perimeter...
Storm Mountain Forestry & Community Engagement Project Description In 2020 BTWC was awarded funds to support defensible space and forest management demonstration sites with landowners in the Storm Mountain communities of Drake, CO. This community area is one of the...
Cameron Peak Fire Hillslope Stabilization Project Description An immediate need following catastrophic fires like the Cameron Peak Fire is to reduce erosion on hillslopes. High severity fires burn away the majority of vegetation and topsoil on hillslopes leaving...
Cameron Peak Fire In-Stream Mitigation Project Description In-stream point mitigation projects utilize low-tech wood and rock structures within gullies, rills, and tributary streams to reduce the impacts of post-fire flooding. In the years following a severe wildfire,...
Waltonia Fire Mitigation Project Description Waltonia is a small community in the Big Thompson Canyon that has been identified as a priority area for wildfire mitigation due to the steep rock walls that surround the community, its dense forests and housing, and the...
